NES 2009 Findings of the Survey Q1: While talking to people about the recent elections to the Lok Sabha, we find that some people were not able to vote. How about you - were you able to vote or not? Opinions N (%) 1: Not able to vote 5635 15.4 2: Able to vote 30632 83.6 8: Did not answer 374 1.0 Total 36641 100.0 Q1a: (If Voted) Whom did you vote for? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) 9420 25.7 02: BJP 6169 16.8 03: JD(U) 674 1.8 04: CPI 394 1.1 05: CPI(M) 1308 3.6 06: BSP 1952 5.3 07: NCP 792 2.2 08: Samajwadi Party 1140 3.1 09: TRS 198 .5 10: TDP 756 2.1 11: Praja Rajyam 399 1.1 12: MIM 8 .0 13: Loksatta 5 .0 14: ASDC 6 .0 15: AGP 154 .4 16: AUDF 99 .3 18: ARC 5 .0 19: RJD 558 1.5 20: LJNSP (Paswan) 203 .6 21: CPI (ML) 31 .1 25: MGP 0 .0 26: INLD (Chautala) 44 .1 1 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 27: Haryana Janhit Party 31 .1 29: JMM 108 .3 30: JVM (Marandi) 71 .2 31: AJSU 4 .0 32: JKNC 32 .1 34: JKPDP 54 .1 35: JD (Secular) 313 .9 38: KEC (M) 13 .0 39: IUML 65 .2 40: KC (J) 21 .1 44: GGP 15 .0 46: Shiv Sena 470 1.3 47: BBM (P. Ambedkar) 34 .1 48: RPI (Athawale) 41 .1 52: MPP 7 .0 53: UDP 5 .0 54: HSPD 6 .0 58: NPF 25 .1 62: BJD 412 1.1 64: SAD 242 .7 66: SDF 4 .0 67: DMK 547 1.5 68: PMK 110 .3 69: AIADMK 385 1.1 70: MDMK 54 .1 71: DMDK 190 .5 74: RLD (Ajit Singh) 117 .3 75: LNJP 42 .1 76: Apna Dal 43 .1 77: UKD 2 .0 79: TRMC 535 1.5 80: FBL 110 .3 81: RSP 126 .3 2 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 90: Any other small ally 7 .0 96: Independent 518 1.4 97: Other Smaller Parties 376 1.0 98: Don't Know 1183 3.2 99: Blank/Refused 6009 16.4 Total 36641 100.0 Q1b: (If voted) When did you finally make up your mind about who to vote? Opinions N (%) 1: On the day of voting 4448 12.1 2: A day or two before voting 4083 11.1 3: Earlier, during the campaign 7620 20.8 4: Even before the campaign started 11404 31.1 8: Can't say 3078 8.4 9: N.A. 6009 16.4 Total 36641 100.0 Q1c: (If not voted) Whom would you have voted for? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) 1154 3.1 02: BJP 807 2.2 03: JD(U) 143 .4 04: CPI 20 .1 05: CPI(M) 68 .2 06: BSP 236 .6 07: NCP 94 .3 08: Samajwadi Party 138 .4 09: TRS 20 .1 10: TDP 13 .0 11: Praja Rajyam 19 .1 12: MIM 3 .0 14: ASDC 0 .0 3 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 15: AGP 19 .1 16: AUDF 1 .0 17: AGP(P) 3 .0 18: ARC 3 .0 19: RJD 109 .3 20: LJNSP (Paswan) 31 .1 21: CPI (ML) 6 .0 24: UGDP 2 .0 25: MGP 0 .0 26: INLD (Chautala) 4 .0 27: Haryana Janhit Party 4 .0 28: LMHP 1 .0 29: JMM 22 .1 30: JVM (Marandi) 13 .0 32: JKNC 16 .0 33: JKPP 1 .0 34: JKPDP 17 .0 35: JD (Secular) 13 .0 36: KCVP 1 .0 37: KRRS 1 .0 38: KEC (M) 1 .0 39: IUML 11 .0 40: KC (J) 2 .0 41: KEC 2 .0 42: JSS (UDF) 1 .0 44: GGP 2 .0 46: Shiv Sena 61 .2 47: BBM (P. Ambedkar) 5 .0 48: RPI (Athawale) 6 .0 49: PWP 4 .0 51: MSCP 1 .0 52: MPP 0 .0 53: UDP 1 .0 4 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 54: HSPD 2 .0 55: MNF 0 .0 58: NPF 7 .0 60: NND 0 .0 62: BJD 40 .1 63: OGP 1 .0 64: SAD 15 .0 66: SDF 1 .0 67: DMK 38 .1 68: PMK 5 .0 69: AIADMK 32 .1 70: MDMK 3 .0 71: DMDK 14 .0 72: TMK 2 .0 74: RLD (Ajit Singh) 11 .0 76: Apna Dal 2 .0 77: UKD 0 .0 79: TRMC 9 .0 80: FBL 6 .0 81: RSP 1 .0 90: Any other small ally 1 .0 96: Independent 71 .2 97: Other Smaller Parties 50 .1 98: Don't Know 2618 7.1 99: Blank/Refused 30632 83.6 Total 36641 100.0 Q1d: (If not voted) What was the main reason due to which you could not vote in this election? Opinions N (%) 0: Out of station 1424 3.9 1: Not well 827 2.3 2: No interest/did not feel like voting 406 1.1 5 NES 2009 Opinions N (%) 3: Prevented/Fear of violence 61 .2 4: No identity card/Identity proof 569 1.6 5: No good choice 59 .2 6: Someone had voted in place of me before I went to vote 52 .1 7: Others 503 1.4 8: Can't say 2109 5.8 9: N.A. 30632 83.6 Total 36641 100.0 Q1e: (If voted) Did the election officer correctly put the mark on your finger? Opinions N (%) 1: Checked, but mark not found 2054 5.6 2: Checked and mark found 27092 73.9 8: Could not check the mark 1485 4.1 9: N.A. 6009 16.4 Total 36641 100.0 Q2: (If voted) Would you say that the candidate you voted for was from the party you really wanted to vote for, or did your vote go to a candidate of another party? Opinions N (%) 1: Party I wanted to vote for 27319 74.6 2: Another party 989 2.7 8: Can't say/No opinion 2324 6.3 9: N.A. 6009 16.4 Total 36641 100.0 Q2a: (If voted for candidate from another party) Then which was the party you really wanted to vote for? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) 181 .5 02: BJP 133 .4 03: JD(U) 7 .0 6 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 04: CPI 4 .0 05: CPI(M) 42 .1 06: BSP 19 .1 07: NCP 15 .0 08: Samajwadi Party 54 .1 09: TRS 1 .0 10: TDP 18 .0 12: MIM 1 .0 13: Loksatta 1 .0 14: ASDC 1 .0 15: AGP 8 .0 17: AGP(P) 1 .0 18: ARC 0 .0 19: RJD 96 .3 20: LJNSP (Paswan) 2 .0 29: JMM 1 .0 30: JVM (Marandi) 1 .0 32: JKNC 2 .0 33: JKPP 1 .0 34: JKPDP 0 .0 35: JD (Secular) 2 .0 39: IUML 1 .0 44: GGP 1 .0 46: Shiv Sena 8 .0 52: MPP 0 .0 54: HSPD 0 .0 55: MNF 0 .0 56: ZNP 0 .0 58: NPF 0 .0 62: BJD 13 .0 64: SAD 5 .0 66: SDF 1 .0 67: DMK 7 .0 7 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 68: PMK 1 .0 69: AIADMK 5 .0 70: MDMK 1 .0 71: DMDK 1 .0 78: SUCI 4 .0 79: TRMC 17 .0 90: Any other small ally 0 .0 96: Independent 0 .0 97: Other Smaller Parties 7 .0 98: Don't Know 324 .9 99: Blank/Refused 35652 97.3 Total 36641 100.0 Q2b: (If Voted for candidate from another party) I am going to read out few reasons that people often give for not voting for the party that they really wanted to vote for. Please tell me, which one of these applies to you most? Opinions N (%) 1: Party of my choice didn't put a candidate in my constituency 242 .7 2: I didn’t like the candidate that the party of my choice had put 178 .5 3: I did not want to waste my vote on a non winning candidate/party 74 .2 4: Voted in order to prevent the election of another party/candidate 59 .2 7: Others 60 .2 8: Can't say/D.K. 375 1.0 9: N.A. 35652 97.3 Total 36641 100.0 Q2c (If Voted in order to prevent the election of another party/candidate) Which party did you want to prevent from being elected? Parties N (%) 01: Congress (INC) 14 .0 02: BJP 13 .0 03: JD(U) 1 .0 05: CPI(M) 7 .0 8 NES 2009 Parties N (%) 06: BSP 2 .0 07: NCP 2 .0 09: TRS 2 .0 11: Praja Rajyam 1 .0 15: AGP 1 .0 34: JKPDP 0 .0 58: NPF 0 .0 96: Independent 2 .0 97: Other Smaller Parties 1 .0 98: Don't Know 944 2.6 99: Blank/Refused 35652 97.3 Total 36641 100.0 Q3: Now I will ask you about some of the issues in the election. Please tell me if you have heard about these? (If yes) For each one of them, please tell me hoe it affected your decision of whom to vote for – not very much, a lot or almost entirely? a: Have you heard about Indo-US Nuclear Deal? Opinions N (%) 1: Heard 14403 39.3 2: Not heard 22238 60.7 Total 36641 100.0 a: (If heard) Please tell me how it affected your decision of whom to vote? Opinions N (%) 1: Not very much 7117 19.4 2: A lot 4918 13.4 3: Almost entirely 1607 4.4 8: No opinion 761 2.1 9: N.A.